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This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about PROTEIN AGGREGATION: its mechanistic relationships (Knowledge Graph edges), hypotheses targeting it, analyses mentioning it, and supporting scientific papers. The interactive graph below shows its immediate neighbors. All content is AI-synthesized from peer-reviewed literature.
PROTEIN AGGREGATION is a concept in neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: associated with, co discussed, regulates. Associated with ALS, ALZHEIMER, ALZHEIMER'S. Connected to 49 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.
| Name | PROTEIN AGGREGATION |
| Summary | Page for Protein Aggregation and Misfolding in Neurodegeneration |
| Key Genes/Proteins | TREM2, TFEB |
| Related Diseases | NEUROINFLAMMATION, CHOLESTEROL, MITOPHAGY, SENESCENCE, INFLAMMATION |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
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PROTEIN_AGGREGATION["PROTEIN AGGREGATION"]
PROTEIN_AGGREGATION -->|"causes"| Alzheimer_s_disease["Alzheimer's disease"]
PROTEIN_AGGREGATION -->|"activates"| Neuroinflammation["Neuroinflammation"]
Autophagy_lysosomal_pathway["Autophagy-lysosomal pathway"] -.protects against.-> PROTEIN_AGGREGATION
autophagy_lysosomal_pathway["autophagy-lysosomal pathway"] -.protects against.-> PROTEIN_AGGREGATION
autophagy["autophagy"] -.protects against.-> PROTEIN_AGGREGATION
Neuroinflammation -->|"activates"| PROTEIN_AGGREGATION
CERS2["CERS2"] -->|"inhibits"| PROTEIN_AGGREGATION
CHMP2A["CHMP2A"] -->|"activates"| PROTEIN_AGGREGATION
CHMP2B["CHMP2B"] -->|"activates"| PROTEIN_AGGREGATION
CHMP6["CHMP6"] -->|"activates"| PROTEIN_AGGREGATION
COMPLEMENT["COMPLEMENT"] -->|"expressed in"| PROTEIN_AGGREGATION
PTN["PTN"] -->|"expressed in"| PROTEIN_AGGREGATION| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| neurodegeneration | causes | process | 0.95 |
| Alzheimer's Disease | causes | disease | 0.95 |
| Neurodegenerative Diseases | causes | disease | 0.95 |
| Amyloid | associated_with | protein | 0.95 |
| neurodegenerative diseases | contributes_to | disease | 0.95 |
| Neurodegeneration | associated_with | disease | 0.95 |
| Neurodegenerative Diseases | contributes_to | disease | 0.92 |
| Huntington's Disease | causes | disease | 0.90 |
| neurodegeneration | mediates | phenotype | 0.90 |
| Amyloid-Beta | involved_in | protein | 0.90 |
| Tau | involved_in | protein | 0.90 |
| Neuroinflammation | causes | process | 0.90 |
| SOLUBLE OLIGOMERS | associated_with | protein | 0.90 |
| Neuroplasticity | associated_with | process | 0.90 |
| Neurodegenerative Diseases | associated_with | disease | 0.90 |
| Neurodegenerative Disease | causes | disease | 0.90 |
| Alzheimer's Disease | mediates | disease | 0.90 |
| Alzheimer's Disease | contributes_to | disease | 0.90 |
| Neuronal Degeneration | contributes_to | process | 0.90 |
| Parkinson's Disease | causes | disease | 0.90 |
| Alzheimer's Disease | causes | disease | 0.90 |
| detergent-insoluble proteome | contributes_to | process | 0.85 |
| Alzheimer's Disease | contributes_to | disease | 0.85 |
| Neurodegeneration | contributes_to | disease | 0.85 |
| ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE | causes | disease | 0.85 |
| Neurodegeneration | causes | process | 0.85 |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis | biomarker_for | disease | 0.85 |
| pathological spreading | causes (protein aggregation drives cell-to-cell spreading ) | mechanism | 0.85 |
| geographic atrophy | promotes | phenotype | 0.80 |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis | causes | disease | 0.75 |
| neuronal loss | promotes | process | 0.70 |
| Alzheimer's disease | causes | disease | 0.70 |
| Neuroinflammation | activates | process | 0.70 |
| inflammation | promotes | process | 0.70 |
| Er Stress | activates | pathway | 0.70 |
| Mitochondrial Dysfunction | causes | mechanism | 0.70 |
| Transcriptional Dysregulation | causes | mechanism | 0.70 |
| SENESCENCE | interacts_with | phenotype | 0.65 |
| SNCA | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| PROTEOSTASIS | targets | phenotype | 0.60 |
| MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION | associated_with | process | 0.50 |
| MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION | activates | process | 0.50 |
| ALZHEIMER'S | expressed_in | concept | 0.50 |
| AMYLOID-β | expressed_in | concept | 0.50 |
| ALZHEIMER'S | associated_with | concept | 0.50 |
| FRONTOTEMPORAL | associated_with | concept | 0.50 |
| Proteostasis | associated_with | process | 0.50 |
| Protein Folding | associated_with | pathway | 0.50 |
| ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM | associated_with | concept | 0.50 |
| PARKINSON'S | activates | concept | 0.50 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| RNA G-quadruplexes | mediates | process | 0.95 |
| Tardbp | promotes | protein | 0.92 |
| HNRNPA2B1 | contributes_to | protein | 0.92 |
| SQSTM1 | regulates | gene | 0.90 |
| HTT | promotes | gene | 0.90 |
| amyloid-beta peptide | promotes | compound | 0.90 |
| tau | promotes | protein | 0.90 |
| HSP90 | suppresses | protein | 0.90 |
| phase separation | drives | process | 0.90 |
| Neuroinflammation | upregulates | process | 0.90 |
| Autophagy | associated_with | process | 0.90 |
| Proteostasis Disruption | causes | process | 0.90 |
| Neurodegeneration-Associated Proteins Accumulation | promotes | phenotype | 0.90 |
| SNCA | involved_in | protein | 0.90 |
| Amyloid-Beta | involved_in | protein | 0.90 |
| TAU | involved_in | protein | 0.90 |
| Parkin | regulates | protein | 0.90 |
| TARDBP | involved_in | protein | 0.90 |
| Intra-Condensate Demixing | mediates | process | 0.90 |
| DNAJB6 | inhibits | protein | 0.90 |
| Tdp-43 | drives | protein | 0.90 |
| Intrinsically Disordered Low-Complexity Domain | contributes_to | mechanism | 0.90 |
| Molecular Chaperones | suppresses | protein | 0.90 |
| PRKAA2 | regulates | gene | 0.90 |
| Inflammasome | associated_with | pathway | 0.88 |
| HSPB8 | modulates | protein | 0.88 |
| SQSTM1 | prevents | protein | 0.87 |
| P62 | biomarker_for | protein | 0.85 |
| HSPB8 FRAMESHIFT MUTANT | contributes_to | protein | 0.85 |
| intrinsically disordered domain | promotes | phenotype | 0.85 |
| chaperone-mediated autophagy | suppresses | process | 0.85 |
| protein over-synthesis | promotes | process | 0.85 |
| HSP27 | suppresses | protein | 0.85 |
| super-resolution microscopy | involved_in | process | 0.85 |
| protein oligomers | involved_in | protein | 0.85 |
| Tardbp | drives | protein | 0.85 |
| Endoplasmic Reticulum Dysfunction | contributes_to | process | 0.85 |
| Proteostasis Network | regulates | pathway | 0.85 |
| Environmental Stress | promotes | process | 0.85 |
| LGMDD1 | associated_with | disease | 0.85 |
| Cytoskeletal Disruption | promotes | process | 0.85 |
| Protein Clearance Enhancement | suppresses | pathway | 0.85 |
| Autophagy | suppresses | process | 0.85 |
| chromium | promotes | compound | 0.80 |
| stress granule dynamics | contributes_to | process | 0.80 |
| HUNTINGTON | implicated_in | disease | 0.80 |
| APOE | modulates | protein | 0.80 |
| METFORMIN | inhibits | drug | 0.80 |
| Protein Misfolding | causes | mechanism | 0.80 |
| Huntingtin | causes | gene | 0.80 |
Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target
| Hypothesis | Score | Disease | Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
| No targeting hypotheses | |||
Scientific analyses that reference this entity
neurodegeneration | 2026-04-13 | 2 hypotheses Top: 0.559
neurodegeneration | 2026-04-12 | 2 hypotheses Top: 0.537
neurodegeneration | 2026-04-08 | 0 hypotheses
neurodegeneration | 2026-04-03 | 14 hypotheses Top: 0.641
neurodegeneration | 2026-04-01 | 7 hypotheses Top: 0.488
Experimental studies targeting or related to this entity
| Experiment | Type | Disease | Score | Feasibility | Model | Status | Est. Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No experiments found | |||||||
Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity
| Title & PMID | Authors | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No papers found | ||||